List of Lepidoptera that feed on Juncus

Rushes (Juncus species) are used as food plants by the larvae of several Lepidoptera species:

Species which feed exclusively on Juncus

Coleophoridae

• Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
  • C. acutiphaga – only on sharp rush (J. acutus)
  • C. adjunctella
  • C. alticolella
  • C. bispinatella – only on Canadian rush (J. canadensis)
  • C. caespititiella
  • C. concolorella
  • C. cratipennella
  • C. dentiferoides – only on bayonet rush (J. militaris)
  • C. fagicorticella
  • C. maritella
  • C. maritimella – only on sea rush (J. maritimus)
  • C. quadrilineella
  • C. sexdentatella – only on Canadian rush (J. canadensis)
  • C. taeniipennella

Species which feed on Juncus and other plants

Batrachedridae

• Batrachedra arenosella (suspected; larval food habits not well known)

Coleophoridae

• Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
  • C. glaucicolella
  • C. viridicuprella – possibly monophagous on Juncus; recorded on compact rush (J. conglomeratus), common rush (J. effusus), saltmarsh rush (J. gerardii) and hard rush (J. inflexus), and perhaps others

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Juncus". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&PGenus=Juncus&sort=Family. 

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